Butter patties



BUTTER PATTIES Filed Aug. 13, 1959 FIG.|

IN VE N T CR5 8. KA VANA UGH GERALD H. KAI ANA UGH ax-fl FRANCIS3,014,616 BUTTER PATTHES Francis E. Kavanaugh, 153 Donlea Drive,Leaside, Toronto 17, Ontario, Canada, and Gerald H. Kavanaugh, 14Merrick Sh, Hamilton, Gntario, Canada Filed Aug. 13, 1959, Ser. No.833,576 2 Claims. (Cl. 22tl-97) This invention relates to dishes and inparticular to small dishes which are used in restaurants to hold aportion of butter or a single serving of jam, marmalade, catsup or thelike. Such dishes are frequently referred to as butter patties. It iscommon practice to fill these butter patties before meal time and setthem out on the counter or in a refrigertor ready for use. There are twodisadvantages to most currently used butter patties. In the first placeit is difficult to remove the butter or other substance from the pattie,and, in the second place,

individual patties take up a large amount of counter space orrefrigerator space. The object of this invention is to overcome thesedisadvantages.

According to this invention the side wall of the pattie has a shoulderspaced from an edge thereof to engage the edge of another pattie withwhich the first mentioned pattie is stacked. The upper surface of thebottom of the pattie slopes upwardly from adjacent the lower edge of theside wall at one side of the pattie to adjacent the upper edge of theside wall at the opposite side of the pattie. This facilitates removalby scraping of butter or other substance from the interior of thepattie. The under surface of the bottom of the pattie slopes downwardlyfrom adjacent the upper edge of the sidewall at one side of the pattieto adjacent the lower edge of the side wall at the opposite side of thepattie to provide a recess in the underside of the pattie whereby, whenone pattie is stacked upon another, such portion of a substancecontained in the lower pattie as may extend above the upper edge may bereceived in said recess. A further feature of the invention is that theunder surface of the bottom where it meets the side wall adjacent itslower edge is spaced from said lower edge, whereby when one pattie isstacked on another pattie, the upper pattie will be supported by itsshoulder and by the under surface of its bottom on the lower pattie.Thus the patties may be stacked to conserve space. In addition the upperend of the pattie is smaller than the lower end. The pattie is also ofan irregular shape so that when stacked one upon the other the upwardlysloping bottom walls of adjacent patties are parallel, maintaining auniform space between the upper surface of one bottom wall and the undersurface of the bottom wall of the pattie immediately above.

The external surface of the side wall of the pattie slopes downwardlyand outwardly from the upper edge beyond the lowest extremity of thebottom wall to form a skirt. The lower edge of the skirt forms aconvenient projection for grasping when lifting one pattie from a stackof like patties and also forms a firm base for the pattie to stand onwhen placed on a fiat surface. At the same time the skirt holds thelower extremity of the bottom wall clear of the table top, so that ifthere should be any butter sticking to the bottom wall it will not ruboff on the table top,

The invention is hereinafter described and is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is an isometric view of the upper side of a butter pattie;

FIGURE 2 is a similar view of the under side of a butter pattie; and

FIGURE 3 shows a plurality of patties in cross-section, stacked one onthe other. 1

In FIGURE 1, a butter pattie, indicated generally at 3,@14,6l5 PateintedDec. 26, 1961 10, has a side wall 11 and a bottom 12. side wall 11 has asubstantially semi-circular front portion 11a and a straight flat rearportion 11b.

The bottom 12 of the pattie slopes up from adjacent the lower edge ofthe front of the side wall 11a to adjacent the upper edge of the rear11b of the side wall forming a substantially ungular-shaped interiorcontainer portion 13. Since the bottom 12 is of substantially uniformcross-section the underside of the pattie is of similar shape to theupper, the bottom sloping downwardly from adjacent the upper edge ofrear wall portion 11b to adjacent the front 11a of the side wall.

The side wall 11 slopes downwardly and outwardly beyond the lowestextremity of underside of the bottom 12 to form a depending skirt 14.

A shoulder 15 is formed on the rear portion 11b of the wall, in theinterior of the skirt 14. The shoulder 15 is spaced from the edge of thewall and is adapted to engage the edge of another pattie with which itis stacked as hereafter described.

The underside of bottom 12 meets the front side wall 11a just above thelower edge of the said wall 11a. The slope of side wall 11 is such thatif one pattie is stacked on another its upper edge will nest within theskirt of a second pattie, as shown in FIGURE 3. The upper edge of therear side wall 11b of the lower pattie will engage the internal shoulder15 in skirt 14,

while the upper edge of the front side wall portion 11a will engage withthe underside of bottom wall 12 at the point where it meets the frontwall portion 11a. Skirt i4 restricts relative side movement between thetwo patties so stacked.

In use, as illustrated in FIGURE 3, a plurality of butter patties it mayhave portions of butter B deposited in them prior to serving. Theseportions may project above the upper edge of the side wall 11, but thesloping bottom 12 of the pattie above it leaves sufficient space toprevent the butter sticking to the underside of the bottom above it.

The irregular shape of the patties ensures that when stacked the bottomsof the patties will slope in the same direction. By irregular shape ismeant a shape in which the periphery of the pattie is geometricallysymmetrical about not more than one horizontal axis.

The side wall 11 having a downward and outward slope, the lower edge ofskirt 14- projects outwardly beyond the upper end of the side wall 11,thus allowing the pattie to be easily and safely grasped for removal.

When served to a customer, the pattie seats firmly on the table on itsskirt, and the sloping bottom allows the butter to be scraped out of thepattie without tipping of the pattie. The rounded portion of the frontside wall 11a eliminates corners and enables the user to remove thecontents with an ordinary table knife.

What we claim as our invention is: p

1. A butterpattie comprising a side wall having a curved front portionand a substantially fiat straight rear portion, the rear portion havingin its internal surface a shoulder spaced from its lower edge, theexternal surfaces of the side wall sloping downwardly and outwardly, anda bottom, the upper surface of the bottom sloping downwardly fromadjacent the upper edge of the side wall at its rear portion to adjacentthe lower edge of the side Wall at the opposite side of the pattie,facilitating removal of butter or the like from the pattie, the undersurface of the bottom sloping downwardly from adjacent the upper edge ofthe side Wall at its rear portion to adjacent the lower edge of thesidewall at said opposite side of the pattie to provide a recess in theunderside of the pattie, the under surface of the bottom where it meetsthe side wall adjacent its lower edge being spaced from said lower edge,whereby when Preferably the one pattie is stacked upon another pattiethe upper edge of the other pattie will engage the shoulder at the rearportion of said pattie and will engage the under surface of the bottomat the opposite side of said pattie, the bottom of said pattie beingsubstantially parallel to the bottom of the other pattie, the lower edgeof the side wall of said pattie embracing the upper part of the sidewall of the other pattie, and such portion of a substance contained inthe other pattie as may extend above the upper edge thereof may bereceived in the recess in the underside of the said pattie.

2. A butter pattie comprising a side wall, and a bottom, the uppersurface of the bottom sloping upwardly from adjacent the lower edge ofthe side wall at one side of the pattie to adjacent the upper edge ofthe side wall at the opposite side of the pattie, facilitating removalof butter or the like from the pattie, the under surface of the bottomsloping downwardly from adjacent the upper edge of the side wall at oneside of the pattie to adjacent the lower edge of the side wall at theopposite side of the pattie to provide a recess in the underside of thepattie, and the periphery of the pattie being geometrically symmetricalabout not more than one horizontal axis, whereby whenthe pattie isstacked upon another the sloping bottoms of the patties will besubstantially parallel to each other so that such portion of a substancecontained in a lower pattie as may extend above the upper edge may bereceived in said recess.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS678,826 Mathy July 16, 1901 1,187,899 Gardam June 20, 1916 2,655,016Hudson Oct. 13, 1953 2,807,387 Siciliano Sept. 24, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS163,000 Australia Sept. 15, 1948

